55 gallon stock list

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by LisaP, May 15, 2013.

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  1. DSC reef

    DSC reef Giant Squid

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  3. 1.0reef

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    IMO a rock dweller such as a tailspot blenny wou;d do well, I also think you need a fairy/flasher wrasse.
     
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    Clown gobies might prove a successul/ fruitful addition to those large SPS dominant tanks.
     
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    Sorry it took so long for me to reply, my ballast went out in my 12ga and I've been dealing with that all weekend :( Ended up transferring stuff from that to my 28 and my dad's 95 while I figure out a plan B.. Anywho, haven't really considered corals yet other than the fact that I have a frag of green star polyp I want to put in there. And I want to have a clam or two if my light is strong enough.

    I agree my stock list is on the low end... maybe I'll look into some others. Want to figure out everything I'm putting in there before I add anything so I know what order to add them. I've got nothing but time though :)
     
  6. LisaP

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    Okay. Maybe I can pick your brain here for a sec. I was reading about fairy and flasher wrasses and I came to the conclusion that I would need two for the colors to show well, is that right? Also that I have to make sure one is a female and one a male, correct? I may be way off base here, but I honestly don't know much about wrasses. I've only ever had one (a yellow "coris" wrasse) and he/she jumped ship when I was doing a water change and had the lid off and my dog got to her/him before I did :(
    I did read the "Reef Safe Wrasses" thread on here and got a lot of info from that. I just want to make sure if I do keep wrasses again (and I do have a lid on this tank as well) that they are happy and pretty, so if I need to have more than 1 do you think that'll be okay with my current stock list of 4 (purple firefish, 2 skunk clowns, and a yellow watchman goby)? And I'll look into the tailspot blenny, thanks! :)

    EDIT: Oops! It's **FIVE** on my current stock list, how could I forget the midas blenny!!?? :D
     
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    Evolved on here is extremely knowledgeable about wrasses.
     
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    Males will look better with a female, but can still be stunning alone.